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In today's fast-paced modern era, on one hand our lifestyle has changed rapidly, on the other hand our traditional eating habits have also completely changed. Especially among children and teenagers, home-made nutritious food like dal, roti, green vegetables and milk-curd are now taking a backseat, and have been replaced by fast food i.e. pizza, burgers, noodles, chips and cold drinks. This changing diet of children is not only becoming a big hindrance in their physical development, but has also given sleepless nights to all the pediatricians in the country and the world working in the field of child health care. Doctors say that due to excessive consumption of junk and processed food since childhood, children are suffering from obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure and serious stomach diseases at an early age. As parents, this is a time of very serious warning, because if the eating habits of children are not improved in time, then it can have very fatal and far-reaching consequences on their health in the coming future. Why is traditional and nutritious food disappearing from children's plates? In today's time, due to urban culture and increasing trend of nuclear family, parents lack time, the direct effect of which is visible on children's tiffin box and dinner table. From school tiffins to evening snacks, refined flour items, packed foods and deep-fried items have replaced traditional nutritious food. The glitter of advertisements and attractive packaging attract children like a magnet towards these unhealthy foods, and due to the taste, children start making faces at home-made dal-roti or green vegetables. Parents also often give in to the insistence of their children or give them easily available junk food due to their work commitments. Pediatricians believe that this time of childhood is the most important period of physical and mental development of the child, in which if he does not get proper amount of protein, vitamins, iron and calcium, then his immune system becomes weak and he starts falling sick again and again. Serious dangers of continuous consumption of pizza-burgers and fast food: Pizza, burgers and other items made from refined flour, instead of providing instant energy to the body, provide only 'empty calories' which have no trace of nutrition. These contain refined sugar, saturated fat and excessive amounts of sodium (salt), which completely destroys the digestive system and metabolism of children. Due to continuation of this type of eating habits for a long time, diseases like fatty liver problem, rapid weight gain at an early age, lethargy and even type-2 diabetes in children have started increasing rapidly. Apart from this, eating junk food also has a negative impact on the brain development of children, which reduces their memory, concentration and ability to concentrate on studies. Doctors are continuously warning that this increasing trend of junk food is hollowing the children from inside, due to which their immunity is getting badly affected. Special advice from doctors: How to improve the spoiled diet of children? Child health experts and dietitians suggest that parents should change the eating habits of children by striking a balance between strictness and love. First of all, completely stop the habit of bringing junk food and packed snacks in the house so that the child does not have access to such things. Instead, take to the kitchen to serve traditional dishes to kids in new and exciting forms, like dough pizza, homemade veg burgers, or nutritious lentil cheela and paranthas. It is very important to explain to children from childhood how important it is to eat fresh fruits, salads, milk, buttermilk and home-made hot food to stay healthy. Apart from this, parents themselves also have to set a good example to their children, because children learn what they see the adults in their family eating and living. Lack of outdoor activities and increasing screen time. Along with bad eating habits, there is another big problem associated with the lifestyle of today's children, and that is the almost complete loss of physical activity. Children are becoming physically lazy due to being glued to the screen of mobile phone, laptop or video games all day and not going out in the field and playing sports. When the body does not do any physical effort and on top of that, high-calorie junk food goes into the stomach, then that extra energy starts getting stored in the body in the form of fat, due to which the child becomes a victim of both obesity and lethargy. It is the clear advice of doctors to encourage children to play outdoor games for at least one to one and a half hours every day, so that they sweat, their muscles become strong and the food they eat can be digested properly. Responsibility and determination of parents for a healthy future Children are the future of our country, and their healthy living is the biggest asset not only for their own family but for the entire society and nation. If we do not take our children out of this swamp of junk food today, then the youth of tomorrow will become a weak society surrounded by diseases. Therefore, take a pledge from today itself that you will remove pizza and burgers from your children's plate and replace them with dal, roti, green vegetables and nutritious food prepared with love made by mother. By adopting these important advices of the doctor, you can gift your children a long, healthy, energetic and happy life, so that their future will also be secure and they will become fully capable physically and mentally to face every challenge.